Legal Opinion
Pennsylvania Railroad Co. Escheat Case
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 22, 1943No. Appeal, 7PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Hoeace Steen,
It may well be that the Commonwealth is entitled to the escheat of certain moneys in the possession of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company as claimed in these proceedings, but, whether this be so or not, such right is not established by the present fragmentary record.
The facts giving rise to the action take us back to the first World War. When the government issued its Liberty Loans in 1917 the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, in order to encourage its employes to subscribe, instituted a plan whereby the Company was to buy bonds and the employes were to be…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Missouri Pacific Railroad v. AultSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Hanlon v. DavisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1923
- Park v. HinesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
3Cited by5 opinions
- Stahl v. First Pennsylvania Banking & Trust Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
- Kane v. Insurance Co. of North AmericaCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- Lamberton EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1945
- Lamberton's EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County · 1944
- Stahl v. First Pennsylvania Banking & Trust Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963